The changes also mean that the Broughton area now includes two Scottish Parliamentary constituencies, one Westminster constituency, four council wards and three Community Councils in little more than a square kilometre.

Biomass, trams and the proposed new Forth crossing are likely to be on the agenda. But according to McIntosh, it doesn't always go as expected, resulting in a potentially revealing evening for undecided voters. He said:

"Edinburgh North and Leith lost a huge swathe of territory normally thought of as Broughton heartland. We've lost the New Town, East London Street, Broughton Street and an area stretching west towards Gayfield Square.

"If one wishes to be optimistic you could say having more representative political voices articulating Broughton concerns is going to render us more influential, better able to defend ourselves, promote what we're interested in and believe in better than ever. So I think it's a mixed blessing.

"As I understand it, the demographics of Edinburgh Northern and Leith are interestingly mixed - and that's how I'd want it. I don't want to live in a purely middle class area. I don't want to work in an exclusively working class area. I like the fact that Edinburgh North and Leith, or Northern and Leith as it is now, Broughton in general is a mixed area with different interests, different abilities, different backgrounds. I think that's entirely healthy."